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Joseph Rummel
Joseph Francis Rummel (October 14, 1876 – November 8, 1964) was a German-born American Catholic prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Omaha in Nebraska from 1928 to 1935 and as archbishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in Louisiana from 1935 to 1964.
A staunch advocate for racial equality, Rummel received national attention for excommunicating several people who vocally opposed racial desegregation of parochial schools in the archdiocese.
Joseph Francis Rummel was born in the village of Steinmauern in the Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire (present-day Germany), on October 14, 1876. His family immigrated to the United States when he was six-years-old. Like many recent German immigrants, the Rummels settled in the Yorkville District of Manhattan in New York City.
Rummel attended St. Boniface Parochial School, then went to St. Mary's College, a Redemptorist minor seminary in North East, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire in 1889. Rummel was then sent to study in Rome.
Rummel was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome by Cardinal Pietro Respighi on May 24, 1902. Rummel returned to New York City and served as a parish priest in several parishes for the next 25 years.
Rummel was named the fourth bishop of Omaha by Pope Pius XI on March 30, 1928. He was consecrated on May 29, 1928, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City by Cardinal Patrick Hayes.
Rummel was named by Pius XI as the ninth archbishop of New Orleans on March 9, 1935. He succeeded Archbishop John Shaw. Rummel became archbishop during the Great Depression of the 1930s. At the time, New Orleans was rapidly urbanizing as farmers flocked to the city in search of factory jobs. Also, recent European immigrants, many of whom were Catholic, were also settling in the city. Over the next thirty years, the Catholic population in the archdiocese would double to over 762,000, and the number of students in Catholic schools grew from fewer than 40,000 to over 85,000.
During Rummel's episcopacy, 45 new church parishes were created throughout the archdiocese, increasing the number of parishes from 135 to 180. In 1945 he launched the Youth Progress Program, a major initiative to raise money for the expansion of the parochial school system. This program resulted in the construction of 70 new Catholic schools, including several new high schools.
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Joseph Rummel
Joseph Francis Rummel (October 14, 1876 – November 8, 1964) was a German-born American Catholic prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Omaha in Nebraska from 1928 to 1935 and as archbishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in Louisiana from 1935 to 1964.
A staunch advocate for racial equality, Rummel received national attention for excommunicating several people who vocally opposed racial desegregation of parochial schools in the archdiocese.
Joseph Francis Rummel was born in the village of Steinmauern in the Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire (present-day Germany), on October 14, 1876. His family immigrated to the United States when he was six-years-old. Like many recent German immigrants, the Rummels settled in the Yorkville District of Manhattan in New York City.
Rummel attended St. Boniface Parochial School, then went to St. Mary's College, a Redemptorist minor seminary in North East, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire in 1889. Rummel was then sent to study in Rome.
Rummel was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York at the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome by Cardinal Pietro Respighi on May 24, 1902. Rummel returned to New York City and served as a parish priest in several parishes for the next 25 years.
Rummel was named the fourth bishop of Omaha by Pope Pius XI on March 30, 1928. He was consecrated on May 29, 1928, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City by Cardinal Patrick Hayes.
Rummel was named by Pius XI as the ninth archbishop of New Orleans on March 9, 1935. He succeeded Archbishop John Shaw. Rummel became archbishop during the Great Depression of the 1930s. At the time, New Orleans was rapidly urbanizing as farmers flocked to the city in search of factory jobs. Also, recent European immigrants, many of whom were Catholic, were also settling in the city. Over the next thirty years, the Catholic population in the archdiocese would double to over 762,000, and the number of students in Catholic schools grew from fewer than 40,000 to over 85,000.
During Rummel's episcopacy, 45 new church parishes were created throughout the archdiocese, increasing the number of parishes from 135 to 180. In 1945 he launched the Youth Progress Program, a major initiative to raise money for the expansion of the parochial school system. This program resulted in the construction of 70 new Catholic schools, including several new high schools.